Badgers Cricket Club – What’s New Archive 2018

A fairly sloppy update last time due to running out of time before a trip to Zurich for work, so a few additional things to mention that were part of that update along with the fact that the database behind the dynamic averages page, which I forgot about with that update, has now been brought up-to-date too.

I should have mentioned that both Matt Smith and Ricky Cibardo played often enough in 2018 (and over the previous four seasons) to end up getting on the list of Badgers with personal pages. Also, one of the things I put together for the fiftieth anniversary was a set of decade-by-decade statistics and since we have just completed our sixth decade then a sixth group of tables have been added to that page.

Not sure what the next update will be, although there will almost certainly be one at some time after the dinner documenting the awards made on the night and in addition to continuing with some background work on the underlying site structure, which might result in switching to the new page layout before the start of next season, I have also resumed work on entering 1984 into Play-Cricket so any or all of that might come to fruition before the AGM announcement.

Beaten by the weather on the slated final weekend of the season and unable to raise a team to play the same opponent a week later despite the weather being suitable, the season rather fizzled out. In the interim I have been fiddling with various aspects of the site under the covers and checking the statistics using sundry mechanisms (which is nothing like the chore it once was before I started processing each game in full at the time). Given that everything is visible on Play-Cricket these days it was decided a couple of years back that we would publish the full season report in advance of the dinner and the distribution of awards off the back of the averages contained therein rather than pretending that no one knew the destination of the cups directly decided by the averages.

All of the other pages have been updated with the 2018 figures, including all decade by decade averages pages, the personal pages and the individual records page.

In addition those efforts mean that you can now find historical results for 2018 along with the performances and partnerships.

Not sure what the next update will be, although there will almost certainly be one at some time after the dinner documenting the awards made on the night and in addition to continuing with some background work on the underlying site structure, which might result in switching to the new page layout before the start of next season, I have also resumed work on entering 1984 into Play-Cricket so any or all of that might come to fruition before the AGM announcement.

No surprise I am sure – just looking out of the window would probably have told you – but today’s game at Westcott has been called off due to the weather. We are currently attemping to arrange to try again next week but this might be the end of the season, which would be a shame.

A beautfiul afternoon at Horsley & Send last Sunday but another loss, although this time we were rather more competitive despite Bill pulling up lame less than halfway through his overs and having to bat with a runner. The usual summarised details of the game can be found on the results page along with a statistical notes only match report, the traditional pertinent elements from the scorecard and the associated new-fangled full fat card.

Thanks to the looming end of season and a rainy autumn Saturday I have finally managed to decide how I should deal with the Teddington game, so the traditional pertinent elements from the scorecard and the associated new-fangled full fat card are now available for your perusal.

I have also made some minor improvements to last week’s statistical notes, which were prepared in a bit of rush (literally moments before leaving for Horsley). I also owe Darrell an apology for misrepresenting both his fifty count and the number of times he has top scored in an innings in the match report for Leigh due to the fact that he did both of those things in the Teddington game which was not yet recorded in the database – mea culpa.

Well and truly hammered last Sunday at Smallfield Manor, for our first ever loss to them. The usual summarised details of the game can be found on the results page along with a statistical notes only match report, the traditional pertinent elements from the scorecard and the associated new-fangled full fat card.

I have still not had the time to sort out the Teddington game but I have managed to back fill the match reports, adding a few statistical notes for West Monkton and Leigh.

Our thirty-second visit to Blindley Heath last Sunday saw the game come down to the last ball with any result possible (although I don’t think that any of us would have put money on the tie by that point). The usual summarised details of the game can be found on the results page along with a statistical notes only match report, the traditional pertinent elements from the scorecard and the associated new-fangled full fat card.

I have still not had the time to sort out the Teddington game but I have started trying to back fill the match reports albeit only managing to add a few statistical notes for South Brent thus far.

No game last weekend due to the weather, a pasting in the unexpected sunshine at Leigh the Sunday before, whilst the previous week’s visit to Old Whitgiftians resulted in a twenty over thrash in an attempt to beat the weather, which actually did not materialise quite as anticipated. The Badgers thus lost their second T20 in just over a week, having played another on the Friday of tour. We did manage to dominate the Saturday game on tour but other than that we have managed to triple our loss count over those three weekends. The usual summarised details of the games can be found on the results page along with the traditional pertinent elements from the scorecards and the associated new-fangled full fat cards.

Sadly I have not had the time to sort out the Teddington game nor to write any words about the past month’s worth of matches but rather than hold things up any longer I thought it best to upload the scorecards and result details.

Badgers are off on tour this weekend hoping to play some cricket for the first time since the first day of July having lost the previous four weeks worth of games to either availability or weather. Fixture details can be found on our Play-Cricket site.

PLEASE NOTE that due to our inability to raise a side tomorrow’s visit to Addington has had to be cancelled. There is also an email flying around about the timings for next Sunday’s game against Oxted & Limpsfield, due to a clash with the final of some football tournament or other, that all of those available need to respond to.

Last Sunday’s game at Ewell looks to have been an exciting one with a nail-biting finish, although I can tell you no more than that since I was not present. The usual summarised details of the game can be found on the results page along with Vinny’s summary match report, the traditional pertinent elements from the scorecard and the associated new-fangled full fat scorecard.

PLEASE NOTE that I have still not completed my investigations, although I hope to be able to do so over the weekend, so the Teddington Town game is still in limbo, as per my comments on 17th June.

A return visit to Whiteley Village, under similar last minute arrangements as the last time we played there, saw the Badgers put the home side under the hammer before easing off a little too much to leave our Gordon-free batting something potentially demanding to chase. The usual summarised details of the game can be found on the results page along with a statistical notes only match report, the traditional pertinent elements from the scorecard and the associated new-fangled full fat scorecard which yet again show timings as my gimpy right knee meant that we had three scorers for the second week running and I was able to feed the game directly into my scorecard checker.

PLEASE NOTE that I am not involved in next weekend’s game and thus the associated update here is likely to be delayed, possibly for a while depending on the state of the scorebooks and the images I get sent. Also, the Teddington Town game is still in limbo, as per my comments on 17th June.

PLEASE NOTE that our visit to Tadworth tomorrow has been cancelled because they were unable to raise a team but Matt Mann has arranged a return visit to Whiteley Village, who we last played in a last minute 2015 fixture.

A grey and fairly cool day for our fourth visit to Ottershaw saw the Badgers notch up their fourth win in those four games and of the season. The usual summarised details of the game can be found on the results page along with a statistical notes only match report, the traditional pertinent elements from the scorecard and the associated new-fangled full fat scorecard which have been expanded to include timings and some additional notes.

PLEASE NOTE that I have added extra information to the statistical notes for the previous two weeks, having had a little more time for research this week off the back of scoring directly into the tablet whilst sitting out the Ottershaw game, but that the Teddington Town game is still in limbo, as per my comments last week.

The last two weeks have seen the slated games replaced by different opposition, with a tidy win at new opponents Teddington Town in the confines of Bushy Park and a hard-fought loss in a game of well over 500 runs on our return for the first time in 34 years to Newdigate village. The usual summarised details of the games can be found on the results page along with statistical notes only match reports, the traditional pertinent elements from the latter scorecard and the associated new-fangled full fat scorecard which have been expanded to include notes about various in-game milestones.

PLEASE NOTE that due to problems with the Teddington Town scorebook and what they have uploaded to Play-Cricket, compounded by a lack of time on my side, you will not find scorecard data here nor has the lifetime average data been updated yet. Rather than get into the state of paralysis that I did last year I’ve decided to park that game for now and keep up-to-date with subsequent games whilst working on an understanding and resolution for the problem game.

A beautfiul sunny day at Banstead last Sunday, a plethora of Badgers past and present in attendance to chew the fat, celebrate sixty seasons of the club’s existence and watch their team eke out a comfortable enough win. The usual summarised details of the game can be found on the results page along with a statistical notes only match report, the traditional pertinent elements from the scorecard and the new-fangled full fat scorecard.

A first defeat of the season in the sunshine at longest running opponents Dormansland. The usual summarised details of the game can be found on the results page along with a statistical notes only match report, the traditional pertinent elements from the scorecard and the new-fangled full fat scorecard.

The new season finally got underway at a new opponent in Old Wimbledonians who were welcoming but perhaps a little too giving on the field of play. The usual summarised details of the game can be found on the results page along with a statistical notes only match report, the traditional pertinent elements from the scorecard and the new-fangled full fat scorecard. I would be astonished but surprisingly grateful to receive any comments on the latter, or indeed on the new layout and navigation that it and the dynamic averages page display.

Rolling the site over to the new season involves regenerating every page and tweaking some of the background plumbing, although nearly all of it is automated in some way, so if you find any errors do please let me know.

PLEASE NOTE that our scheduled opposition for this coming Sunday were unable to put out a team and thus we have our first fixture change of the season, with an inaugural visit to Old Wimbledonians. PLEASE ALSO NOTE the slightly earlier start time of one thirty and that there are two sports grounds on Coombe Lane so use the house number to identify exactly where the ground is since the postcode falls between the two. Both the Google Map with the locations of our opponents and the fixtures page have updated accordingly.

Sadly the 2018 season has not yet got underway, with the weather causing the cancellation of the Beechwood game and a scheduling cock-up resulting in no game in the glorious sunshine last weekend. Darrell convinced me at the barbecue that I should spend the time freed up by the loss of the first game to complete the missing statistical notes only match reports rather than spending it on a couple of technical pieces of work that I would much rather have concentrated on.

A couple of errors in the last update to report in that I forgot to update the list of trophy winners to add the 2017 recipients (although at this remove neither Mark nor I can remember who received the Frank Butt Cup, so if you have it in your possession then please shout) and at some point over the winter I introduced an error in the season averages that meant that anyone who scored a fifty or hundred, or took a five wicket haul, prior to 1984 got triple credit for it. The latter issue will only have surfaced when displaying the Batting table in the dynamic averages page since that information is not (yet) included in any of the static tables on the site and I have not tried to squeeze the five wicket details onto the already busy display of the lifetime Bowling statistics.

With the new season just around the corner I have finally managed to get the fixtures page up to date, replete with map links, and I’ve created the now usual Google map with the locations of our 2018 opposition. Hopefully see most of you either at the BBQ tomorrow or the match on Sunday (weather permitting).

Bursts of activity around the awards dinner, the AGM and the Easter break were insufficient for me to get things back in order, but the looming 2018 season has provided just enough impetus for me to get some sort of update out of the door. The guilt I felt over the fact that the site lay dormant for the last three months of the 2017 season because I couldn’t find the time to get caught up after a variety of issues put me behind the curve wasn’t quite enough to get the site to a point where I felt happy to publish what I had achieved in the interim.

The major fruit of the recent efforts is the season report for 2017 and there are also statistical notes only match reports up to and including the Ham & Petersham game at the end of August. Whether the September games will end up with their details completed before the new season starts has to be in serious doubt now.

The whole of the site has been updated with the 2017 figures, including all decade by decade averages pages, the personal pages and the individual records page. In addition those efforts mean that you can now find historical results for 2017 along with the performances and partnerships.

Because of the way I process the scorebook data these days there were no changes made as a result of the collation of the data for the season, but you can find all of the week-by-week queries that I have documented (which like the Statistical Notes are missing or incomplete for the last month or so of the season) in the Statistical Sett.

In the early part of last summer I had been hammering away in the background working on one or two new elements for the site, and the first fruit of one element of those labours can be seen in a new full scorecards page. This is still very much a work in progress, so all comments welcome, but once the new format has been ironed out I am in a position to produce the same information for all seasons from 2014 onwards.